More guns mean better public safety

Once again, the New Jersey state Legislature is conspiring to deprive law-abiding citizens of their constitutionally guaranteed rights. The Legislature has reportedly struck a deal, without input from gun owners, to further restrict the capacity of firearm magazines. Restricting the capacity of magazines does not enhance public safety.

The Brady Campaign ranks New Jersey second only to California in having the toughest gun ownership laws in the country. Since only the law-abiding obey the law, it should not be surprising then that major New Jersey cities continue to place in the top ten of cities in the country with the highest firearm homicide rates. If gun control laws worked, shouldn't New Jersey be the second safest state in the union with respect to firearm homicides?

So how do gun-grabbing politicians react to our state's shameful firearm homicide rate statistics? Why, by passing more restrictive gun control laws that only the law-abiding will obey? Isn't one definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result?

Wouldn't a better solution be to reform our revolving-door criminal justice system that puts violent criminals back on the street after serving only part of their sentences? How about enacting a zero-tolerance policy for violent criminals instead of just for school children who bite Pop-Tarts into the shape of pistols? How about no plea bargains for violent criminals? No reduced sentences. Is our Legislature more concerned about losing the felon vote than protecting the public?

Our politicians continue to whittle away at our God-given right to defend ourselves; and the argument that reducing magazine capacity will provide bystanders in an active shooting situation with more opportunities to subdue the shooter is a suicidal notion. With a minimal amount of practice, anyone with average dexterity can learn to reload almost any semi-automatic pistol with a fresh magazine in two to three seconds.

Gun control doesn't work. It doesn't work in Chicago, the District of Columbia, Newark, Paterson, or Camden. Giving law-abiding citizens a fair chance to defend themselves does work. Please call or write to your legislative representatives, and tell them not to pass any law that further restricts magazine capacity or further infringes the constitutional rights of New Jersey citizens.

Pete Sesnick

PINE BROOK

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More guns mean better public safety

Once again, the New Jersey state Legislature is conspiring to deprive law-abiding citizens of their constitutionally guaranteed rights.

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